HEMET – Subway robber convicted, sentenced to 185 years in prison

HEMET – An Orange County man with multiple prior convictions was sentenced Monday, Sept. 19 to 185 years to life in state prison. The man allegedly robbed a Hemet Subway in the 3500 block of Stetson Avenue July 7, 2015 and committed another fast food robbery the day before on July 6, 2015.

Raynaldo Sanchez Salcido, 50, of Yorba Linda was arrested without incident July 10, 2015, just three days after the Subway robbery, according to Hemet Police Lieutenant Dean Evans. He was arrested by the Hemet/San Jacinto Region 3 Gang Task Force on La Veta Avenue in the City of Orange.

According to Superior Court records, Salcido had several prior convictions, including convictions for auto theft, convictions for burglary, and a conviction for carrying a firearm onto a public school campus.

Hemet Police officials alleged that during the Subway robbery Salcido, Corrine Marie Moreno, 36, of Hemet, and a third man – who has still not been identified – entered the Hemet sandwich shop just before the restaurant was closing July 7, 2015.

Salcido, Moreno, and the third suspect allegedly brandished handguns at the employees and ordered them to empty the cash register, Evans said at the time.

After robbing the restaurant of several hundred dollars, Salcido forced the four employees into the restaurant’s walk-in refrigerator, where he took all the victim’s personal money, cell phones and other possessions.

Officers arrived within minutes of the reported robbery. However, by the time they arrived the suspects had fled from the location and were not located at the time.

Hemet police officers, detectives, and forensics personnel conducted an extensive and thorough follow-up investigation, during which they collected evidence at the scene related to the robbery. Their investigation led to the identification of Salcido and Moreno.

In addition to the Subway robbery, Salcido was also later charged with the separate robbery of a fast food restaurant in the 28000 block of Bradley Road that occurred July 6, the day before the Subway robbery.

Riverside County sheriff’s investigators from the department’s Menifee Police Station linked Salcido to the Menifee robbery, according to a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department news release at the time.

In that incident, a male suspect, later identified as Salcido, allegedly brandished a semi-automatic handgun at the victim. He demanded all the money from the restaurant’s cash register and forced the restaurant employee to give him all his personal money, according to the release. Salcido then reportedly fled the restaurant on foot.

A jail record search revealed that after his arrest Salcido was booked on suspicion of committing 20 felonies, including five counts of second degree robbery, four counts of kidnapping with intent to commit robbery, using a firearm during the commission of a felony, two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, kidnapping for the purpose of obtaining a ransom, two counts of committing a felony with state prison priors, and five prior state prison enhancements.

While he awaited trial and sentencing, Salcido remained incarcerated in lieu of $1.19 million bail, according to jail records.

Superior Court records indicated that several of Salcido’s charges were either dismissed or not filed by the District Attorney’s office.

The D.A.’s office chose not charge Salcido with using a firearm during the commission of a felony, one of the counts of kidnapping with intent to commit a robbery, and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Additionally, the kidnapping for ransom charge was dismissed during the trial proceedings.

At the end of his trial, Salcido was convicted of five counts of armed robbery, three counts of kidnapping to commit robbery, multiple sentence-enhancements of using a firearm to commit a felony and committing a crime within five years of his release on parole.

Court records showed that Moreno, Salcido’s co-defendant in the Subway robbery, pleaded guilty in March to armed robbery and assault. She was sentenced to 10 years in state prison. A State inmate search revealed Moreno was transported to the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla March 30, where she remains in custody.

A jail record search revealed on Sept 21 indicated Salcido is currently being held at the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta, while he awaits transportation to state prison.

 

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Trevor Montgomery spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg in an off-duty accident.

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including the Robert Presley Detention Center, the Southwest Station in Temecula, the Hemet Station, and the Lake Elsinore Station, along with many other locations.